gold-weight;
figure
- Museum number
- Af1922,1027.460
- Description
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Lost wax cast figurative gold-weight, in brass, in the form of a man and a woman facing each other, with a small child seated between them beside a large container (mortar?) The female figure holds a long stick (pestle?) in her left arm and the male holds it in his right hand, his left arm is raised to his shoulder. A group of objects are placed behind him on the ground. All of the figures stand on a flat plain rectangular-shaped base.
- Production date
- 18thC-20thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 7.80 centimetres
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Weight: 141.86 grammes
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Width: 7 centimetres
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Depth: 2.60 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good. Underneath the base there are six sprue points. Dirt on base.
- Acquisition date
- 1922
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1922,1027.460